An Evening With Leif Enger
Celebrating the rich literary tradition of books about North Dakota.

Leif Enger, author of the bestseller "Peace Like a River," delighted listeners and viewers across the prairie region during Prairie Public's live broadcast of Enger's speech to readers at the Fargo Theatre on Wednesday, September 20th.

The event was hosted by Read North Dakota, a project that promotes North Dakota literature and offers an Internet site that encourages conversation about the people, communities and values portrayed in books that have helped shape our state.

View Streaming Video
To reduce bandwidth problems associated with streaming an hour-long program, it has been divided into 4 consecutive sections for your convenience. Please begin with Part 1 and view the four parts in order.

Part 1: "Welcome to My Theater"

Part 2: Long Johns Don't Build Character

Part 3: Life Is Exotic In North Dakota

Part 4: Can Being A Novelist Help You Get Girls?

View a Video Teleconference

While visiting Fargo, Leif participated in a video teleconference with four high school English classes in the state. You may replay the teleconference which was recorded on September 13, 2006.

• View streaming video of the teleconference
  (Windows Media Player required)

A followup teleconference was held with the same four high school classes after their classes completed the unit on Enger's novel Peace Like A River. You may also replay that teleconference in its entirety.

• View streaming video of the followup teleconference
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Hear Radio Features

• The Romance of Writing (.WAV file)
• They Let You Use More Adjectives In Public Radio (.WAV file)
• Readers Like The Miracles (.WAV file)

To find lists of other notable fiction about North Dakota, visit the Read North Dakota website at www.readnd.org

The Read North Dakota project is the joint efforts of a consortium of organizations including Prairie Public, the State Historical Society of North Dakota, the North Dakota Humanities Council, the North Dakota Library Association, and the North Dakota Council on the Arts.